23 Jan 2019

Strong earthquake 6.7 mag, Prince Edward Islands region
An earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes Prince Edward Islands region (0 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Agung strikes again, this time emitting a 2000-meter high ash column
Following two small eruptions yesterday, Bali’s Mount Agung flared up once again in the wee hours of this morning. Occurring at around 3:45am, today’s eruption was accompanied by an ash column as high as 2000 meters above the mountain’s peak, according to a report in local media outlet Bali Post.

Putin, Erdogan Meeting In Moscow For Talks On Syria
Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are to hold talks in Moscow on January 23, with Turkey saying the meeting will focus on Ankara’s proposed “security zone” in northern Syria. A Kremlin statement ahead of the talks said Putin and Erdogan “will discuss the settlement process in Syria as well as key aspects of bilateral cooperation in trade, the economy, culture, and humanitarian area.”

Earthquake of 6.1-magnitude jolts Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia on Tuesday, but was not potential for tsunami, the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency said. There was no initial report of damage, the agency said.

Messianic Process Began with IAF Airstrike in Syria, Will End With Israeli Elections
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most prominent rabbis of this generation, made a shocking statement, claiming that the Messiah will precede the upcoming Israeli elections. Several rabbis noted that the writing is on the wall and the signs that the process leading up to the Messiah has already begun…for those who have the eyes to see it.

Supreme Court says military can implement transgender restrictions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court’s five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members saying they would not have.

Arrow 3 Anti-Missile System Fully Tested Days After Iranian Rocket Attack
Just two days after Iranian military fired a missile into northern Israel from Syria, the Israeli Defense Ministry and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully conducted a planned trial of the Arrow-3 missile defense system. After two scheduled tests were canceled, a successful test of the Arrow 3 system was carried out on Monday morning. The Arrow 3 is an exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded, developed and produced by Israel and the U.S. In layman’s terms, the Arrow 3 is designed to defend against long-range missiles, stopping them while they are still in the space-flight of their trajectory. It carries a warhead but is designed to crash into the enemy missile.

Netanyahu to Hamas: ‘If you escalate, the response will be destructive’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas not to escalate violence in Gaza, warning on Wednesday of a strong response if it does so. “There may be someone in Gaza who thought they could raise their head,” Netanyahu said during a visit to the Shizafon base in the south to observe a military maneuver. “I suggest that they understand that the response will be destructive and very painful, and we are ready for any scenario and escalation.”

Dangerous chemicals found in nappy tests by French authority
France’s national health agency Anses says it has found chemicals in babies’ nappies that exceed safety levels. Tests found substances that are potentially dangerous to human health, including the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, the agency said. Anses said its nappy tests were the first by any national health and safety body in the world.

Is Tijuana prepared for the next caravan?
With a new caravan on the way, Tijuana government officials have not given much thought to avoiding the chaos that arrived in November with 6,000 Central American migrants. “Well, let’s hope they don’t come here,” said Leonardo Neri, a federal volunteer and the coordinator for a temporary migrant shelter on the eastern outskirts of Tijuana.

World War 3: ‘Rapid military escalation’ occurring between Iran and Israel
World War 3 fears were sparked this week after Israel hit the Syrian capital of Damascus early on Monday as part of its increasingly open assault on Iran’s presence there. In response, Iran issued a chilling message to arch-enemy Israel – warning it is “impatient” and ready to confront and destroy the nation in a statement issued just hours after Israel launched the air raids in Syria.

Despite opposing Israel boycott, EU keeps funding pro-BDS groups
The European Union has given over €5 million in grants in 2017-2018 to ten Palestinian and European organizations that promote boycotts against Israel, despite assurances by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini such groups do not receive EU funding, according to a new report by the Strategic Affairs Ministry released Wednesday.

Russia, in effort to defuse U.S. nuclear dispute, displays new missile
Russia showed foreign military attaches and journalists a cruise missile system on Wednesday that the United States says breaches a Cold War-era arms control pact…Washington has threatened to pull out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), alleging that the new Russian missile, the Novator 9M729 (called SSC-8 by NATO), violates the pact, which bans either side from stationing short and intermediate-range, land-based missiles in Europe.

Murders in Mexico rise by a third in 2018 to new record
Murders in Mexico rose by 33 percent in 2018, breaking the record for a second year running, official data showed, underlining the task facing the new president who has pledged to reduce violence in the cartel-ravaged country.

HORROR: New York Set To Legalize Abortion Up To Birth
The womb will become an even less safe place for unborn babies in New York come Tuesday. Democrat legislators are set to legalize abortion up to birth and remove the fatal procedure from the state’s criminal code altogether with the passing of the euphemistically named Reproductive Health Act.